Posts in category: Severe Events

Dec

08

2016

A locomotive was stuck Monday on a southern track between Phatthalung’s Khuan Khanun district and Nakhon Si Thammarat’s Cha-Uat, as parts of the track were submerged under floodwater, triggered by heavy rains in the South. Photos courtesy State Railway of Thailand

Nearly 850,000 people in drought-hit southern Madagascar are experiencing “alarming” levels of hunger, and more aid is needed to prevent a dire situation from becoming a “catastrophe”, UN agencies said on Thursday.

Sep

29

2016

BIG SUR, Calif. – A wildfire burning for nearly two months on California’s scenic Big Sur coast has surpassed $200 million in firefighting costs, becoming the costliest to fight in U.S. history, according to date released Monday.

Sep

21

2016

SEOUL, South Korea — South Korea said Monday that it’s unlikely to provide assistance to help the North recover from massive flood damage even if asked for help because of tensions over the communist country’s most recent nuclear test.

Aug

31

2016

The Cherry Road Fire, burning about 16 miles west of Homedale grew from 3,500 acres Sunday afternoon to an estimated 50,000 acres Monday morning, according to a Bureau of Land Management press release.